Jammu, October 24, KDC: The Jammu and Kashmir Police Traffic Wing has attached traffic personnel to headquarters and ordered a formal inquiry after a video allegedly showing them collecting money from truck drivers in the Greater Kailash area of Jammu went viral on social media.
Official sources said Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Traffic, Jammu, Amit Bhasin initiated action after the video surfaced on Thursday.
The personnel were removed from their existing duties and attached to headquarters with immediate effect, while an inquiry was ordered to examine the allegations.
Officials said disciplinary action would be taken if the allegations were substantiated.
They reiterated that accountability and transparency must be maintained in public service and that no one was above the law.
In a similar incident in September, the Jammu and Kashmir Police disengaged a Special Police Officer (SPO) from service and ordered a departmental inquiry against another police personnel after a video allegedly showing a cop demanding money from a truck driver as an entry fee at a checkpoint in Lakhanpur, Kathua district, circulated on social media.
